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AWS Backup Pricing Calculator - Estimate Backup Storage Costs

AWS Backup pricing calculator to estimate warm and cold storage costs for EBS, EFS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3 and more. Calculate backup, restore, and cross-region transfer costs across all AWS regions.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does AWS Backup storage cost per month?

AWS Backup warm storage costs vary by resource type. In us-east-1, EBS backups cost $0.05/GB-month, EFS backups cost $0.05/GB-month, RDS backups cost $0.095/GB-month, and DynamoDB backups cost $0.10/GB-month. Cold storage is approximately 75% cheaper but requires minimum 90-day retention. Prices vary by region.

What is the difference between warm and cold storage in AWS Backup?

Warm storage keeps backups immediately accessible for restores and costs more (e.g., $0.05/GB for EBS). Cold storage is ~75% cheaper ($0.0125/GB for EBS) but requires minimum 90-day retention and has higher restore costs ($0.03/GB vs $0.02/GB). Cold storage is available for EBS, EFS, DynamoDB, Timestream, VMware, and SAP HANA backups.

How much does it cost to restore data from AWS Backup?

Restoring from warm storage costs $0.02/GB in us-east-1. Restoring from cold storage costs $0.03/GB. For example, restoring 100 GB from warm storage costs $2.00, while restoring from cold storage costs $3.00. There are no additional charges for the restore operation itself.

How much does cross-region backup cost in AWS Backup?

Cross-region backup copies cost approximately $0.04/GB for data transfer plus storage costs in the destination region. For example, copying 500 GB of EBS backups from us-east-1 to eu-west-1 costs $20 for transfer plus $25/month for storage in the destination region. This is in addition to your source region storage costs.

Does AWS Backup have a free tier?

AWS Backup does not have a dedicated free tier. However, some underlying services include backup storage in their free tier. For example, Amazon RDS provides backup storage equal to your provisioned database storage at no additional charge. Check each service's pricing page for specific free tier benefits that may apply to your backups.

How can I reduce AWS Backup costs?

Key strategies to reduce AWS Backup costs: Use cold storage for long-term retention (saves ~75% on storage). Implement lifecycle policies to automatically transition backups to cold storage. Optimize retention periods - only keep backups as long as needed. Use incremental backups which only store changed data. For RDS and Aurora, consider using native automated backups which are included at no extra cost up to your provisioned storage.

Is AWS Backup cheaper than native EBS snapshots?

AWS Backup and native EBS snapshots have similar storage pricing (both ~$0.05/GB-month in us-east-1). The main differences are: AWS Backup offers cold storage at $0.0125/GB-month (not available for native snapshots), centralized management, cross-account and cross-region automation, and policy-based retention. For simple single-account backups, native snapshots may be sufficient. For enterprise backup strategies, AWS Backup provides more features.

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